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Bend Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Bend Police Department starts at $86,432 a year — about $41.55 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $18,042 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $15,168 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Bend, OR run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $83,423 somewhere at average prices — $3,009 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 110 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. Based on price levels for this metropolitan area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isBend Police Department reported 107 sworn officers and 42 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.0 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 108,819.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Bend says about itself
The Patrol Division answers many types of service calls in our growing and diverse Central Oregon community. No matter what kind of call they go to, our team always works hard to meet our department's mission: to protect and serve.
What Bend does
The Bend Police Department says its mission is to protect and serve by safeguarding lives and property, upholding the law, preventing and investigating crime and fostering trust and collaboration with the public. The City describes it as a community-focused, state-accredited agency committed to teamwork, integrity, excellence, ethical standards and preserving quality of life. Its sworn and civilian staff serve in patrol, investigations, K-9, traffic, school-resource, records, technology and other functions
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Bend official Police — open the source document
Opened 1 July 2026; official annual minimum $86,431.90
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
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How this level compares
Where Bend sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Bend starts at $86,432, so $15,145 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Bend Police Department officer make?
Bend Police Department starts a new officer on $86,432 a year, about $41.55 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from City of Bend official Police.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #2 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 44 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #273 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $18,042 above, and against other municipal agencies $15,168 above.
Compare with another department
Put Bend Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Bend | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$164 | #271 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | −$694 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | −$1,464 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | −$2,432 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | −$2,444 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | −$3,685 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | −$4,251 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | −$4,397 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | −$4,459 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | −$4,868 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | −$5,083 | #366 |
| 13 | Canby Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $80,883 | −$5,549 | #384 |
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